Stingless bees further improve apple pollination and production

The use of Africanised honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier) hives to increase pollination success in apple orchards is a widespread practice. However, this study is the first to investigate the number of honeybee hives ha-1 required to increase the production of fruits and seeds as well a...

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Main Authors: Blandina Felipe Viana, Jeferson Gabriel da Encarnação Coutinho, Lucas Alejandro Garibaldi, Guido Laercio Bragança Castagnino, Kátia Peres Gramacho, Fabiana Oliveira Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Enviroquest Ltd. 2014-10-01
Series:Journal of Pollination Ecology
Online Access:https://pollinationecology.org/index.php/jpe/article/view/309